RSS-Bridge - a good complement to Fresh RSS
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Hallelujah! Fixed in the latest version:
- https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge
- https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge/archive/master.zip
Here's what the results in Thunderbird look like for this interesting dude:
The whole point of this is to reduce all social media following to being RSS feeds. Zero distraction, just what you need to follow and nothing else.
Workaround for the same issue with Instagram usernames too for interest:
Basically, rss-bridge works on Cloudron - although not every bridge always works completely as there's a cat & mouse game with some sites changing things.
Worth packaging as an App IMHO, and probably an easy enough one for anyone more experienced that I at that since there's no DB to think about. Definitely pull the code from the latest master stream on GitHub.
Lastly, if you have any issues, delete the contents of
/cachebecause it's very cache-happy and that would need emptying to truly re-test any changes. Mostly should be set & forget though. -
I couldn't, day (and night) job keeps me too busy - but I do think it would be a very easy one for anyone that can since it's just file-based.
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I started packaging this up the other day and so far it seems to be working great! See repo here.
The one thing I want to play around with a bit right now is access. Part of me wants to put this app behind
proxyAuth, but that might mean that any RSS feeds would need to be authenticated. I was hoping RSS feeds could be put on a path, i.e./rss/?activity=...which could be allow-listed for proxyAuth, but since it's on the root URL I don't know if that would work. Any thoughts welcome! -
I started packaging this up the other day and so far it seems to be working great! See repo here.
The one thing I want to play around with a bit right now is access. Part of me wants to put this app behind
proxyAuth, but that might mean that any RSS feeds would need to be authenticated. I was hoping RSS feeds could be put on a path, i.e./rss/?activity=...which could be allow-listed for proxyAuth, but since it's on the root URL I don't know if that would work. Any thoughts welcome!@thetomester13 how about enabling https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge/wiki/Authentication#rss-bridge-authentication instead? I prefer using upstream auth when available and leave it to the user if they want auth or not. Generally speak, you don't want to throw around Cloudron username/password inside apps (for example, inside your rss reader/aggregator).
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@thetomester13 how about enabling https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge/wiki/Authentication#rss-bridge-authentication instead? I prefer using upstream auth when available and leave it to the user if they want auth or not. Generally speak, you don't want to throw around Cloudron username/password inside apps (for example, inside your rss reader/aggregator).
@girish that's a great idea! I like the
proxyAuthbecause it limits the number of credentials one needs to access their apps, but you're right in the way that it ends being less secure since you might end up using it in other places that might not be as secure.I'll play around with the built-in auth!
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@thetomester13 how about enabling https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge/wiki/Authentication#rss-bridge-authentication instead? I prefer using upstream auth when available and leave it to the user if they want auth or not. Generally speak, you don't want to throw around Cloudron username/password inside apps (for example, inside your rss reader/aggregator).
@girish just added some authentication to the package in an easy-to-use config file that can be updated via the File Manager. Again the repo is here for anyone to play around with.
Is there any interest in creating tests for this and to eventually deploy to the Cloudron App Store?
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@girish just added some authentication to the package in an easy-to-use config file that can be updated via the File Manager. Again the repo is here for anyone to play around with.
Is there any interest in creating tests for this and to eventually deploy to the Cloudron App Store?
@thetomester13 said in RSS-Bridge - a good complement to Fresh RSS:
@girish just added some authentication to the package in an easy-to-use config file that can be updated via the File Manager. Again the repo is here for anyone to play around with.
Is there any interest in creating tests for this and to eventually deploy to the Cloudron App Store?
For sure!
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@girish just added some authentication to the package in an easy-to-use config file that can be updated via the File Manager. Again the repo is here for anyone to play around with.
Is there any interest in creating tests for this and to eventually deploy to the Cloudron App Store?
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@thetomester13 awesome, if it's useful, I don't see why not have it published. Does it work well?
@girish I've been using a Twitter feed with it with no hiccups at all! Haven't worked with many of the other 'bridges' but I'm assuming they should work well. I'll get some tests going soon and update this thread when they're ready!
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@thetomester13 awesome, if it's useful, I don't see why not have it published. Does it work well?
@girish just pushed up some tests to the repo here. It currently simply checks for a simple JSON URL of a Twitter feed - I feel like that's enough to prove that the app is up and running, but open to adding a few others if you think it'll be beneficial. Only thing to note is that the
updatetest needs to be updated when a version does get onto the App Store.Let me know if you're able to push this through!
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@girish just pushed up some tests to the repo here. It currently simply checks for a simple JSON URL of a Twitter feed - I feel like that's enough to prove that the app is up and running, but open to adding a few others if you think it'll be beneficial. Only thing to note is that the
updatetest needs to be updated when a version does get onto the App Store.Let me know if you're able to push this through!
@thetomester13 thanks you so much! excellent work, the tests worked just like that as well. I moved the repo to https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/rss-bridge-app, you should already have permissions.
It's also published as unstable now.
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@thetomester13 thanks you so much! excellent work, the tests worked just like that as well. I moved the repo to https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/rss-bridge-app, you should already have permissions.
It's also published as unstable now.
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Can dark mode be added please?
Already done here:
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Can dark mode be added please?
Already done here:
https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge/issues/2011@robi The link you posted is for someone who has implemented it on their end, but it isn't yet merged into the master branch. We should wait until this PR gets merged in, and when that's done and a new release is shipped we can update the Cloudron package to pull it in.
In the meantime, if you really want dark mode, you can download a browser extension to apply custom styles on certain domains. I like Stylus (Firefox), and then you can copy the CSS linked to from the issue you shared to display on your RSS Bridge instance.
Hope that makes sense!
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@robi The link you posted is for someone who has implemented it on their end, but it isn't yet merged into the master branch. We should wait until this PR gets merged in, and when that's done and a new release is shipped we can update the Cloudron package to pull it in.
In the meantime, if you really want dark mode, you can download a browser extension to apply custom styles on certain domains. I like Stylus (Firefox), and then you can copy the CSS linked to from the issue you shared to display on your RSS Bridge instance.
Hope that makes sense!
@thetomester13 nice you found the PR.
Did you see the comment that modified the CSS to grab the system preference?
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@thetomester13 nice you found the PR.
Did you see the comment that modified the CSS to grab the system preference?
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Was just able to merge in a PR that adds an 'Install on Cloudron' button on RSS Bridge's Github!
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Was just able to merge in a PR that adds an 'Install on Cloudron' button on RSS Bridge's Github!
